Royal Wedding Buzz!

So although I don't really care much about the royal family and who the William and Kate are, I am a female, and I know I am clique, but I do dream about my future wedding like most girls do.  So as you could imagine I did watch some of the Royal Wedding because I was curious what their wedding might look like.  I had noticed however some interesting gender dynamics through this whole buzz and the wedding itself.  I found it very interesting that only Kate got a ring in the ceremony.  She had to promise her faithfulness and have it being represented through that ring.  Usually in our culture both man and woman receive rings and they are symbols of love and fidelity, but how come in this royal wedding where the male is clearly more valued did he not too have to show a symbol of his love and fidelity to Kate too?  I had sour feelings about that because it seemed like even though this wedding stands for changes occurring in the royal family's stiff history and practices (as Kate is a "commoner" - even though I don't like that term because it makes her seem poor, I think they should refer to her a "non-royal" but that is a whole different problem) but it still showed extreme tilts towards the male in this wedding being the one that is desired over the equality in the relationship.  Another gender dynamic that stood out to me was the fact that the queen who should have been beaming to watch her grandson get married did not seem to crack a smile all through the entire ceremony.  I realize that she needs to keep up her strong persona, but she is human and I know that my grandparents, who will not be able to attend my wedding because they have previously passed, would have loved to have seen me get married and would be ecstatic and proud.  She should have showed some joy and happiness, and I thought it was interesting because she is a woman in power, and thus she is not allowed to be emotional or show weakness because of the power that she holds.  There were others as well, such as the hand off of the hand from her father to William which was in itself awkward and off putting because it was as if she could do nothing herself, even though I understand the tradition the way the did it seemed off.  I just think in times like this it is interesting to dissect the differences and comparisons we see between genders and  try to think about why they are as they are.